FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Seattle, WA PRIMARY CONTACT: Holly Figueroa holly@indiegrrl.com 206.579-0287 INDIEGRRL TO HOLD BENEFIT FOR HOME ALIVE Some of the nations premiere female musicians will take to the stage at the Sit and Spin, July 5, 2000 to benefit HOME ALIVE. Artists scheduled to perform include AIKO SHIMADA, EMBER SWIFT, TIGER ZANE, KYM TUVIM, THREE MARTINI LUNCH and HOLLY FIGUEROA. This concert will highlight not only the talent of these performers, but will also alert people to the ongoing work of Seattle based HOME ALIVE. This performance is the beginning of a building alliance between these organizations. "This benefit concert is way overdue", says Figueroa, founder of Indiegrrl. "Indiegrrl has done benefits for dozens of similar organizations across the country in the past two years, but now, its time to bring it home." Indiegrrl began as a mailing list set up in May of 1998 as a forum for information, networking and conversation about independent music from a female perspective. The list welcomes women and men interested in women's role in the independent music industry. Since its inception, Indiegrrl has gone on to be much more than a mailing list, with concerts and tours across the country, as well as a second compilation CD coming out of the record label in August 2000 www.indiegrrl.com INDIEGRRL CONTACT Holly Figueroa holly@indiegrrl.com (206)-579-0287 HOME ALIVE was founded by Seattle's arts and music communities as a grass-roots response to the rape and murder of Mia Zapata. We believe violence prevention is a community responsibility as well as an individual issue. Our work in self defense encourages everyone to recognize their entitlement to the basic human right to live free from violence and hate. We are committed to promoting awareness through community events and campaigns in addition to offering affordable and accessible self defense classes and education. HOME ALIVE CONTACT (206)720-0606 selfdev@homealive.org Indiegrrl Benefit for HOME ALIVE July 5, 2000 Sit and Spin 2219 4th Avenue (206) 441-9484 8pm $7-10 Sliding Scale All proceeds benefit HOME ALIVE AIKO SHIMADA BAND includes Aiko Shimada with Dave Carter on trumpet, Mark Collins on upright bass, Steve Moore on trombone and keyboards, and Eric Eagle on drums. Seattle Weekly calls her music "ethereal free-folk", and The Stranger describes her as "a different sort of singer, one with a gift for simmering sophisticated musical and lyrical ideas down to a taut, powerful minimalism." KYM TUVIM Her 1998 indie-debut, cited as a Top 12 Independent Release by The Performing Songwriter Magazine, features a top-notch ensemble including Michael Manring on bass (Michael Hedges, John Gorka) and Julie Wolf on accordion (Ani DiFranco, Laura Love). She has toured both coasts, appearing with nationally touring artists including: Caroline Aiken, Peter Mulvey, Barbara Kessler, Lori B and Karen Pernick in venues & festivals ranging from The Tractor Tavern and Bumbershoot in her hometown of Seattle to The Sweetwater (Mill Valley, CA) and Club Passim (Boston). "Kym Tuvim has a huge voice, one that fills rooms and gets compared to Tracy Chapman, if only because it pulls you in the instant you hear it." Charles R. Cross, The Seattle Rocket TIGER ZANE Tiger Zane is the founder of The Tiger Show, an entertainment showcase focusing primarily on music; it offers a high energy, inspiring environment for performers and their audience. The warm spirit of cooperation and our combined resources creates greater momentum and exposure for us all. The Tiger Show was born in 1997 from Tiger's desire to create a strong, friendly musical community; it is relaxed, professional and innovative with a wide variety of performers. EMBER SWIFT "The raw sound of guitar and voice underscores the raw passionate emotions that comes through the lyrics, what I think holds up the flag as a talent to watch out for is her don't fuck with me I'm gonna tell it like I see it attitude to her music." Julie Ford, Girl Grooves, Siren Magazine. HOLLY FIGUEROA Holly started wowing national audiences in 1999 after years of local Seattle concerts. She has toured extensively throughout the US, greeting fans everywhere with her refreshing style of hybrid folk and blues, and sharing stages with artists such as Caroline Aiken, Barbara Kessler, and Colleen Sexton. --"Three Chord Plea (first release) is charmingly blunt, as on "What I Miss", to harrowing, mood evoked on "A Thousand Times." She cuts through with a smoky, after midnight feel that ensures this (Indiegrrl) ringleader will not be confused with Lilith's white bread leading lady, Sarah McLachlan. Scott McLennan, Worcester (MA) Telegram, Datebook ###